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Acute hepatitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection without lung involvement in adult patients.

Romero-Gómez M, Otero MA, Sánchez-Muñoz D, Ramírez-Arcos M, Larraona JL, Suárez García E, Vargas-Romero J

Digestive Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Ctra Cádiz s/n 41014, Sevilla, Spain. mromerog@supercable.es

Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been associated with cholestatic hepatitis in children, while in adults, the lack of liver involvement has been considered as a typical feature of M. pneumoniae infection. Controversial data have been reported about the possibility of liver involvement with M. pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia. We present two cases of acute hepatitis associated with M. pneumoniae infection without lung involvement.

Published 17 March 2006 in J Hepatol, 44(4): 827-8.
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